South Australia
Highways (Port River Expressway Project) Regulations 2004
under the Highways Act 1926

Contents
1	Short title
3	Interpretation
4	Port River Expressway Project
5	Responsibility for carrying out Port River Expressway Project
Schedule 1—Principal features of Port River Expressway Project
Part 1—Stage 2 of the Project
Division 1—Connector
1	Francis Street
2	Eastern Bypass
3	Grand Trunkway Extension
Division 2—Road bridge
4	Road bridge
Division 3—Associated works
5	Associated works
Division 4—Maintenance and operation
5A	Maintenance and operation of road bridge
Part 2—Stage 3
Division 1—Rail bridge
6	Main rail line to Outer Harbor
7	Port Flat Yard
Division 2—Bridge/traffic control centre
8	Bridge/traffic control centre
Division 3—Maintenance and operation
9	Maintenance and operation of rail bridge
Part 3—Authorisations and declarations for closure of roads and government railway lines and obstruction of navigation
Division 1—Permanent closure of roads
10	Permanent closure of roads
Division 2—Permanent closure of government railway lines
11	Permanent closure of particular government railway lines
Division 3—Permanent obstruction of navigation
12	Permanent obstruction of navigation in Port River
Part 4—Concept design
Schedule 2—Land to which Port River Expressway Project applies
Legislative history

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Highways (Port River Expressway Project) Regulations 2004.
3—Interpretation
In these regulations—
Act means the Highways Act 1926;
Expressway means the transport infrastructure to be known as the Port River Expressway, the design and construction of which forms part of the Port River Expressway Project;
Project means the Port River Expressway Project.
4—Port River Expressway Project
	(1)	Particulars of the principal features of the Port River Expressway Project are contained in Schedule 1 as follows:
	(a)	the principal features of Stage 2 of the Project are contained in Part 1 of Schedule 1;
	(b)	the principal features of Stage 3 of the Project are contained in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
	(c)	the authorisations and declarations for the closure of roads and government railway lines under section 39G of the Act, and the obstruction of navigation under section 39H of the Act, for the implementation of Stages 2 and 3 of the Project are contained in Part 3 of Schedule 1;
	(d)	Figure 1 showing the concept design for Stages 2 and 3 of the Project is set out in Part 4 of Schedule 1.
	(2)	The land to which the Port River Expressway Project applies is the area of land bounded by the bold black line connecting the coordinate points shown in Figures 2 to 5 in Schedule 2.
5—Responsibility for carrying out Port River Expressway Project
The responsibility for carrying out the Port River Expressway Project is assigned to the Commissioner.

Schedule 1—Principal features of Port River Expressway Project
Part 1—Stage 2 of the Project
Division 1—Connector
1—Francis Street
	(1)	Francis Street will be reconstructed and widened to 4 lanes between Evans Street and Ocean Steamers Road.
	(2)	A 4-way controlled intersection will be constructed at the junction of Francis Street with the Eastern Bypass to the south and Grand Trunkway Extension to the north, connecting Francis Street to St Vincent Street East, Bedford Street and Eastern Parade.
2—Eastern Bypass
	(1)	The Eastern Bypass will be constructed along a disused rail reserve between Francis Street and Bedford Street to enable traffic travelling in a westerly direction along the Expressway to exit the Expressway via the Eastern Bypass and St Vincent Street East.
	(2)	St Vincent Street East will be reconstructed and the intersection of St Vincent Street, Ocean Steamers Road and St Vincent Street East will be modified to allow continuous movement between St Vincent Street and St Vincent Street East.
	(3)	Ocean Steamers Road will be severed by approaches to both the new road and rail bridges. Access to Francis Street from Ocean Steamers Road from the north or south will be closed. Local access will be provided to the sheds on Francis Street and businesses on Santo Parade via Ocean Steamers Road (south). A stub on Ocean Steamers Road (south) will provide access to the southern parcel of land adjacent to Dock 1.
3—Grand Trunkway Extension
	(1)	Grand Trunkway Extension will be constructed to replace the Ocean Steamers Road link that is to be closed.
	(2)	A new 4-way controlled intersection will be constructed at the junction of Grand Trunkway, Eastern Parade and Grand Trunkway Extension. Eastern Parade will be realigned south to a position that will enable the existing rail track crossing Eastern Parade to pass through the centre of this new intersection.
Division 2—Road bridge
4—Road bridge
	(1)	A road bridge across the Port River (downriver from the Birkenhead Bridge) will be constructed with minimum clearance above the shipping channel to AHD 10.0 (10 metres above Mean Sea Level) with a nominal 30 metre opening span and fendering for river traffic.
	(2)	The road bridge works will commence from the former junction of Francis Street and Ocean Steamers Road.
	(3)	The road bridge western approach will form a T-junction with the extension of Nelson Street (Birkenhead Bridge). West of Nelson Street, the Expressway Road Bridge will connect to the existing Victoria Road.
	(4)	The junction of Nelson Street and Semaphore Road will be realigned to the east to allow for the connection of Nelson Street to the Expressway. The existing freight rail crossing at Nelson Street will become redundant and be removed.
Division 3—Associated works
5—Associated works
	(1)	A bridge/traffic control centre and car park will be built between the road and rail bridges on the east side of the river crossing to provide service for the operation of the 2 bridges.
	(3)	The following improvements will be required:
	(a)	improvements to the following junctions:
	(i)	Ocean Steamers Road and St Vincent Street;
	(ii)	Bedford Street and Wilkins Road;
	(iii)	Elder Road and Wills Street;
	(iv)	Santo Parade and Ocean Steamers Road;
	(b)	alignment improvements for Wilkins Road adjacent to Heini Becker Park.
Division 4—Maintenance and operation
5A—Maintenance and operation of road bridge
Maintenance and operation of the road bridge and its associated works will be carried out after completion of the bridge and associated works.
Part 2—Stage 3
Division 1—Rail bridge
6—Main rail line to Outer Harbor
	(1)	A new switch will transfer the main rail line to Outer Harbor along the northern boundary of Symons and Clark Transport Pty Ltd.
	(2)	The track will cross the proposed Grand Trunkway Extension (where a rail crossing will be installed), travel through Incitec Pivot site and cross Ocean Steamers Road.
	(3)	The structure of the rail bridge across the Port River will begin approximately 100 metres east of Ocean Steamers Road and be constructed with minimum clearance above the shipping channel of AHD 10.0 (10 metres above Mean Sea Level) with a nominal 30 metre opening span and fendering for river traffic.
	(4)	On the western side of the river, the rail bridge structure will extend to a point approximately where the rail runs parallel to Elder Road.
	(5)	As a result of the rail track being above the existing surface level of Stirling Street, minor modifications will be required to raise and upgrade the intersection of Stirling Street and Elder Street to provide priority access for road trains to Stirling Street.
	(6)	An emergency de-railer will be installed in the vicinity of Stirling Street consisting of a length of at grade track parallel to the main rail line. In an emergency situation, a train will run along the length of the de-railer line until stopping in the ground beyond the track. The de-railer will provide the means to avoid an incident occurring on the rail bridge structure, particularly where the bridge crosses the river.
7—Port Flat Yard
	(1)	Track modifications to the Port Flat Yard adjacent to the Grand Trunkway will be undertaken consisting of the relocation of turnouts at the entrance of the yard to the north. This will allow trains to shunt in the yard without initiating the level crossing signals on Eastern Parade and interfering with road traffic.
	(2)	An extension of Kerry Logistics' yard will be required to the north to allow for the modifications at the entrance to Port Flat Yard.
	(3)	Additional track will be built in Port Flat Yard parallel to the existing track as a replacement for wagon storage currently on the site of the proposed Grand Trunkway Extension.
	(4)	The eastern leg of the rail triangle will provide access to Port Flat Yard from the main rail line, with the current track to be realigned to obtain maximum operational benefit.
	(5)	The western leg of the rail triangle linking Outer Harbor to Port Flat Yard will be constructed.
Division 2—Bridge/traffic control centre
8—Bridge/traffic control centre
A bridge/traffic control centre will be built between the Road and Rail Bridges on the east side of the river crossing to provide service for the operation of the 2 bridges.
Division 3—Maintenance and operation
9—Maintenance and operation of rail bridge
Maintenance and operation of the rail bridge and its associated works will be carried out after completion of the bridge and associated works.
Part 3—Authorisations and declarations for closure of roads and government railway lines and obstruction of navigation
Division 1—Permanent closure of roads
10—Permanent closure of roads
Pursuant to section 39G(1)(b) of the Act, the Commissioner is authorised to permanently close any road that it is necessary to permanently close for the purposes of implementing Stages 2 and 3 of the Project.
Division 2—Permanent closure of government railway lines
11—Permanent closure of particular government railway lines
	(1)	Pursuant to section 39G(2)(b) of the Act, for the purposes of implementing Stages 2 and 3 of the Project, the Commissioner is authorised—
	(a)	to permanently limit the use of the government railway lines listed in subregulation (2); or
	(b)	to permanently close any or all of those government railway lines,
as the case requires.
	(2)	The government railway lines are—
	(a)	the rail corridor between Francis Street and Eastern Parade, Port Adelaide; and
	(b)	(following their transfer from the Australian Rail Track Corporation to the Crown)—
	(i)	the rail corridor between Signal 1456 (Glanville Station) and Signal 3 (Birkenhead); and
	(ii)	the rail corridor between Signal 14 (Gillman Junction) and Signal 1155 (Port Adelaide Junction).
Division 3—Permanent obstruction of navigation
12—Permanent obstruction of navigation in Port River
	(1)	Pursuant to section 39H(2) of the Act—
	(a)	it is declared that the permanent obstruction of navigation over that area of the Port River bounded by bold black lines in Figures 2 and 3 in Schedule 2 (the delineated area) is necessary for the construction and maintenance of the road bridge and rail bridge as part of the implementation of Stages 2 and 3 of the Project; and
	(b)	accordingly, the Commissioner is authorised to permanently obstruct navigation over the delineated area of the Port River.
Part 4—Concept design
Figure 1 shows the concept design for Stages 2 and 3 of the Project.

Schedule 2—Land to which Port River Expressway Project applies

Explanation of Coordinates shown in Figures 2 to 5—
1	The Coordinate Origin is Permanent Survey Mark S317 (E=50000 N=100000, local in metres) that is located on the southern corner of Victoria Road and Heath Street, Cadastral No 6628/18085.
2	The Point Nos and Coordinates shown in Figures 2 to 5 are defined in the table below.

Point No	Coordinates		
1	E=50255.093742	N=100280.466961	
2	E=50284.469641	N=100130.194413	
3	E=50308.355774	N=100046.041002	
4	E=50349.065143	N=99968.665976	
5	E=50405.081495	N=99901.536880	
6	E=50591.558382	N=99870.563362	
7	E=50575.031897	N=99793.754809	
8	E=50636.806950	N=99776.249925	
9	E=50682.112751	N=99770.354818	
10	E=50706.695341	N=99767.847600	
11	E=50805.950983	N=99770.947036	
12	E=50879.305329	N=99797.742481	
12a	E=50893.476599	N=99823.324470	
13	E=50906.761873	N=99853.588072	
14	E=50937.245930	N=99844.646885	
15	E=50949.674738	N=99872.425437	
16	E=50999.032592	N=99918.567716	
17	E=51117.341000	N=100098.102000	
18	E=51144.684453	N=100127.767420	
19	E=51174.756242	N=100114.961019	
20	E=51120.715208	N=100037.653696	
20a	E=51138.574510	N=100063.092203	
21	E=51074.096859	N=99971.201679	
22	E=51060.777584	N=99965.688945	
23	E=51044.668530	N=99941.887035	
24	E=51044.960323	N=99929.441355	
24a	E=51019.918389	N=99893.460816	
25	E=50998.634035	N=99865.924412	
26	E=50989.622495	N=99865.421832	
27	E=50973.645105	N=99843.014211	
28	E=50971.921662	N=99831.365568	
29	E=50965.790717	N=99823.433724	
30	E=51042.790068	N=99849.718465	
30a	E=51095.525607	N=99859.116393	
30b	E=51099.103000	N=99861.432000	
30c	E=51122.121000	N=99863.856000	
31	E=51130.373864	N=99865.326608	
31a	E=51175.523619	N=99873.593837	
31b	E=51175.406374	N=99874.678969	
32a	E=51189.409371	N=99884.051193	
32b	E=51188.960979	N=99893.120115	
32c	E=51192.356831	N=99893.288015	
32d	E=51193.121670	N=99877.429132	
32e	E=51219.346967	N=99887.028116	
32f	E=51219.058860	N=99894.918496	
32g	E=51265.602917	N=99903.958719	
33	E=51324.902946	N=99925.663716	
34	E=51403.634946	N=99894.762502	
34a	E=51443.495229	N=99874.652234	
34b	E=51424.341836	N=99878.964592	
35	E=51401.366088	N=99882.333263	
36	E=51378.768997	N=99886.294186	
36a	E=51351.681675	N=99885.286143	
37a	E=51351.937792	N=99879.853471	
38	E=51321.614368	N=99878.424100	
39	E=51220.902188	N=99857.658860	
39a	E=51193.970143	N=99859.836123	
39b	E=51194.286113	N=99853.284510	
39c	E=51191.206466	N=99847.788532	
40a	E=51190.782724	N=99855.745861	
40b	E=51180.900094	N=99854.780246	
40c	E=51165.869146	N=99854.200626	
41	E=51139.704534	N=99847.938893	
42	E=51088.890361	N=99843.203021	
43	E=51058.833914	N=99840.401765	
43a	E=51050.588000	N=99839.264000	
44a	E=51037.747000	N=99836.538000	
45a	E=51027.742000	N=99833.818000	
46	E=51028.671306	N=99828.996545	
47	E=51015.067034	N=99827.691523	
48	E=51010.193934	N=99821.313397	
49	E=50999.519720	N=99820.336380	
50	E=50953.400793	N=99806.734121	
51	E=50938.615572	N=99773.609429	
52a	E=50773.337141	N=99738.789166	
53	E=50757.998103	N=99712.226760	
54	E=50849.142305	N=99652.374575	
55	E=50884.919267	N=99604.164579	
56	E=50954.120727	N=99522.472431	
57	E=50963.028900	N=99505.147082	
58	E=50974.694129	N=99489.500765	
58a	E=50976.687312	N=99487.584362	
59	E=51010.397158	N=99476.945829	
60	E=51149.168951	N=99483.022273	
61	E=51177.007041	N=99492.135074	
62	E=51180.970307	N=99494.338663	
62a	E=51187.781321	N=99500.046779	
63	E=51194.315627	N=99506.736892	
64	E=51199.396039	N=99514.588272	
65	E=51200.721378	N=99519.896103	
66	E=51201.065492	N=99531.719106	
67	E=51237.078321	N=99530.670934	
68	E=51237.176600	N=99528.693743	
69	E=51245.562117	N=99521.098855	
70	E=51257.291903	N=99521.679221	
71	E=51285.481363	N=99536.020608	
72	E=51313.845934	N=99546.952818	
73	E=51351.844699	N=99561.601101	
74	E=51366.774000	N=99568.574236	
75	E=51424.153155	N=99589.901647	
76	E=51478.239243	N=99610.814050	
77	E=51531.119308	N=99631.260444	
78	E=51542.565292	N=99601.668100	
79	E=51353.396721	N=99528.501438	
80	E=51342.424502	N=99530.894489	
81	E=51239.827430	N=99475.658410	
82	E=51241.451221	N=99442.692053	
83	E=51198.367998	N=99439.807980	
84	E=51195.461736	N=99447.604692	
85	E=51189.660398	N=99455.450445	
86	E=51154.231000	N=99441.179000	
87	E=51154.722716	N=99432.503573	
88	E=51134.131307	N=99440.295735	
89	E=50940.235423	N=99431.763619	
90	E=50911.240890	N=99471.848756	
91	E=50842.640167	N=99513.855106	
92	E=50807.269772	N=99549.723035	
93	E=50781.385794	N=99586.323419	
94	E=50747.546625	N=99639.809839	
95	E=50699.115982	N=99679.766673	
96	E=50652.420970	N=99703.058309	
97	E=50560.379470	N=99724.043421	
98	E=50524.461385	N=99728.605017	
99	E=50518.981926	N=99686.550157	
100	E=50423.232321	N=99698.569624	
101	E=50428.729818	N=99740.762927	
102	E=50350.482672	N=99750.700314	
103	E=50331.953638	N=99747.979616	
104	E=50306.313417	N=99741.089647	
105	E=50286.463231	N=99731.159635	
105a	E=50250.093827	N=99737.981471	
105b	E=50244.648063	N=99709.691187	
105c	E=50203.268323	N=99717.659668	
106a	E=50198.213674	N=99723.884252	
107	E=50174.442340	N=99724.244950	
108	E=50159.107204	N=99715.475928	
109	E=50154.599147	N=99712.302923	
110	E=50108.239083	N=99703.682556	
111	E=50046.075900	N=99691.714142	
112	E=50028.602764	N=99688.100827	
113	E=50027.638188	N=99848.500883	
114	E=50001.664598	N=99905.791924	
115	E=49999.674656	N=99924.335069	
116	E=49997.679888	N=99999.913661	
117	E=49998.357984	N=100030.972905	
118	E=49996.586191	N=100098.089430	
118a	E=49995.142243	N=100113.646551	
119	E=49996.386261	N=100119.996601	
120	E=50036.074576	N=100122.082486	
121	E=50041.160134	N=99934.466838	
122	E=50090.587366	N=99861.733627	
123	E=50224.384159	N=99816.926959	
123a	E=50315.247147	N=99843.774857	
124a	E=50398.932920	N=99836.554069	
125	E=50399.928215	N=99848.448341	
126	E=50278.294332	N=99985.504017	
127	E=50232.149457	N=100276.925848	

Legislative history
Notes
	•	Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.
	•	Earlier versions of these regulations (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Revocation of regulations
The Highways (Port River Expressway Project) Regulations 2004 were revoked by Sch 2 of the Highways (Port River Expressway Project) Regulations 2019 on 1.9.2019.
Principal regulations and variations
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
2004	165	Gazette 5.8.2004 p2858	5.8.2004: r 2 	
2005	146	Gazette 23.6.2005 p1922	23.6.2005: r 2 	
2009	296	Gazette 10.12.2009 p6249	10.12.2009: r 2	
Provisions varied
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
r 2	omitted under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	23.6.2005	
r 3			
Project	inserted by 146/2005 r 4	23.6.2005	
r 4			
r 4(1)	varied by 146/2005 r 5	23.6.2005	
r 4(2)	varied by 296/2009 r 4	10.12.2009	
r 5	varied by 146/2005 r 6	23.6.2005	
rr 6—10	deleted by 146/2005 r 7	23.6.2005	
Sch 1			
Pt 1			
Pt 1 Div 1			
cl 2			
cl 2(3)	varied by 146/2005 r 8(1), (2)	23.6.2005	
cl 3			
cl 3(2)	substituted by 146/2005 r 8(3)	23.6.2005	
Pt 1 Div 2			
cl 4			
cl 4(2)	varied by 146/2005 r 8(4)	23.6.2005	
Pt 1 Div 3			
cl 5			
cl 5(1)	varied by 146/2005 r 8(5)	23.6.2005	
cl 5(2)	deleted by 146/2005 r 8(6)	23.6.2005	
Pt 1 Div 4	inserted by 146/2005 r 8(7)	23.6.2005	
Pt 2			
Pt 2 Div 2			
cl 8	varied by 146/2005 r 8(8)	23.6.2005	
Pt 2 Div 3	inserted by 146/2005 r 8(9)	23.6.2005	
Pt 3	substituted by 146/2005 r 8(10)	23.6.2005	
Pt 4	inserted by 146/2005 r 8(10)	23.6.2005	
	varied by 296/2009 r 5	10.12.2009	
Sch 2 before substitution by 296/2009			
Fig 3	substituted by 146/2005 r 9	23.6.2005	
Sch 2	substituted by 296/2009 r 6	10.12.2009	
Historical versions
23.6.2005